From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> > Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. > > I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the > area between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is > our direct ancestor. She married Robert CALL in 1820 in Bristol and > census records are fairly consistent with birthplace Bramham/Boston > Spa, Yorks , birthdate 1797. Her baptism could not be found in actual > searches of the Bramham/Boston parish registers. > > A John PICK and Ann HANSON were married in Leeds (St Peter) 10 Nov > 1795. He was baptised in Spofforth, she in Leeds St Peter. Four > children of this couple were baptised in Bramham - David PICK 1802, > Mary Ann PICK 1804, Samuel PICK 1806 and Jane PICK 1809. The parish > register entry for David shows him as child number 4, and the other > children are numbered in the registers too. > > We think , but cannot prove, that this couple had at least three > children before David and that one of them might be our Harriett PICK. > We think it likely that these three children would have been baptised > and it seems probable that this would have been in parishes in the > area between Leeds and York. IGI searches have not yielded any results > - probably because there are big gaps in the IGI coverage in this area > of Yorkshire. > > Does SKS have easy access to any or all of the following parish > baptism/burial records for the period 1793 to 1802: > > Collingham, Newton Kyme, Bardsey, Thorner, Barwick in Elmet, Aberford, > Saxton, Tadcaster, Harewood, Kirkby Overblow, Spofforth, Adel and the > various parishes of Leeds.> Do you have the remotest idea of how big Yorkshire is and how big the area between Leeds and York is? Why don't you look at the web pages of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society - I think you will find they have published some of the records of the parishes you name? You can buy them either in book form, fiche or on CD. You will also find that many, if not all, of these parish registers have been filmed by the LDS, so why not find an LDS Family History Centre and ask them to get the films for you and you can search them yourself. Seriously, what you are asking here is for someone to do weeks, possibly months, of unpaid research! -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Hello , while I appreciate what Roy is saying, (I myself spent 2 years searching for my Alford line in Devon, befor I was on the web or knew about the L.D.S.) I cannot go along with all he says. Yes, we can all access the L.D.S. IF, we are able.My nearest L.D.S.centre is about 50 miles away, and as I care for 2 disabled family members, I am VERY limited on the time I have for myself. I know there are many people out there who are disabled and elderly, and maybe like me, care for disabled and are unable to get to these centres.The only way we can attempt to research when we are tied, is on the web.Some, maybe, are unable to afford to pay for researchers, and hope by joining a list like this someone will help. O.K. some go over the top,some maybe are trying to take advantage, but not all. I would like to thank Anne Lucas for the recent help she has given me, it was much appreciated, and I do know how hard it is going through old records.My Samuel Firth who said he was born in Dewsbury (maybe he was) was christened in Birstall. I found the Genuki site, recomended by someone on the list, very useful http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/ and this site which tells me which records have been filmed by the L.D.S. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle best wishes, Annabelle.